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Alex Cooper's Important Estate Auction
2:00 PM PT - Dec 8th, 2008

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Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc.

908 York Road
Towson, MD 21204
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Auction House Preview
This auction takes place at the Alex Cooper Auctioneers gallery: 908 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21204. Preview times are: Thursday, December 4, 10 AM to 8 PM; Friday, December 5, 10 AM to 4 PM; and Saturday, December 6, 10 AM to 3 PM. Catalogues for the sale are available on our website, http://antiques.alexcooper.com, or illustrated catalogues may be purchased at our gallery during the exhibition.

247 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
725

DESCARTES, PRINCIPES DE LE PHILOSPHIE, 1724
Rene Descartes; LES PRINCIPES DE LE PHILOSPHIE...TRADUITE E...

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300
1 Bid
726

PASCAL, PENSEES, 1683
B. Pascal; PENSEES...SUR LA RELIGION ET SUR QUELQUES AUTRES ...

300
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400
1 Bid
727

JAMES, VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, ETC.
Four titles: 1) Wm. James; THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPER...

150
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250
1 Bid
728

KANDINSKY & M. DENIS ON ART THEORY
Two titles: 1) Wassily Kandisky, trans. by M.T.H. Sadler; T...

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200
7 Bids
729

PATON; CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, 1948
Alan Paton; CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, 1st ed., (New York: S...

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90
2 Bids
730

TWO BOOKS: MAXFIELD PARRISH ILLUSTRATIONS
Two titles, each by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by Maxfi...

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150
1 Bid
731 Lot 731

E. FIELD & M. PARRISH; POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, SIGNED
Eugene Field, illus. by Maxfield Parrish; POEMS OF CHILDHOOD...

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8 Bids
732

ARABIAN NIGHTS, M. PARRISH ILLUSTRATIONS
K.D. Wiggin and N.A. Smith, eds.; Maxfield Parrish, illus.; ...

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125
2 Bids
733

ASIAN CULTURE AND ART
Six items, including: 1) Lafcadio Hearn; THE ROMANCE OF THE...

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150
1 Bid
734

BROWNING: THE RING & THE BOOK, ETC.
Two titles by Robert Browning, each a 1st American ed., 12mo...

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90
1 Bid
735

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, E. VEDDER ILLUS.
E. Fitzgerald, trans., illus. by Elihu Vedder; RUBAIYAT OF O...

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2 Bids
736

R. LIMBOSCH, SYMPHONIE MACABRE, 1921
Raymond Limbosch, illus. by Walter Sauer; SYMPHONIE MACABRE,...

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125
2 Bids
737

BOOK: EARLY BALTIMORE ASSOCIATION
Anonymous; LACONICS; OR, THE BEST WORDS OF THE BEST AUTHORS,...

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90
2 Bids
738

THREE BOOKS ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Three titles on the Middle East: 1) George A. Smith; THE H...

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125
1 Bid
739 Lot 739

CERVANTES, DON QUIXOTE, MEXICO, 1842
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJO...

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200
4 Bids
740

BOOKS ON PHILANTHROPY, ETC.
Group of about 20 titles on philanthropy, medical missionari...

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200
2 Bids
742

MACKENNA, ETHICAL TREATISES OF PLOTINUS, ETC.
Stephen MacKenna, trans. of Plotinus; THE ETHICAL TREATISES ...

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2 Bids
743

GOETHE'S SAMMTLICHE WERKE, 1863
Goethe; SAMMTLICHE WERKE (Stuttgart: Gotta'scher, 1863), 6 v...

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150
1 Bid
744 Lot 744

ANATOMY AND ARTISTIC METHODS
Twelve titles, principally on human anatomy and artists' mat...

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125
7 Bids
745

FIVE JUVENILE TITLES
Five titles of juvenile literature, including: 1) H.C. Ande...

80
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125
2 Bids
746

TWO TITLES BY ALDOUS HUXLEY
Two titles by Aldous Huxley; 1) GRAY EMINENCE: A STUDY IN RE...

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90
7 Bids
747

THREE TITLES: GRENFELL AND LABRADOR
Three titles: 1) Wilfred T. Grenfell, NORTHERN NEIGHBORS, 3...

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90
1 Bid
748

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
About 18 titles on physics and astronomy, including several ...

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150
1 Bid
749

CLASSICAL ROMAN AUTHORS
Group of about 15 titles by various Roman authors, notably: ...

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6 Bids
750

TWO TITLES BY DUBOSE HEYWARD
Two titles by DuBose Heyward: 1) PORGY, 2nd issue, (New Yor...

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100
1 Bid
751

BOOKS ON THE AMERICAN WEST
Three books and assorted pamphlets, including: 1) Charles F....

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125
2 Bids
752

CLASSICAL GREEK LITERATURE
Group of about 22 items, largely the works of Plato and comm...

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200
7 Bids
753

POETRY AND POETS' BIOGRAPHIES
Group of about 50 titles on American and English poetry, wit...

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150
2 Bids
754

MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA
About 9 titles, including: 1) Atl; LAS ARTES POPULARES EN M...

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125
8 Bids
755

LODGE; HOLBEIN PORTRAITS, 1828
Edmund Lodge; PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF THE COU...

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400
3 Bids
756

CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUMINATION
Five titles, including: 1) M.D. Wyatt; THE ART OF ILLUMINATI...

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200
13 Bids
757

THE LITTLE REVIEW, AUTUMN 1922
Single issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW, Stella Number, Autumn, 19...

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100
6 Bids
758

ENGLISH LITERATURE
Selection of collected works of various authors, including 2...

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2 Bids
759

THREE TITLES BY WOODROW WILSON, ETC.
Three titles by Woodrow Wilson: 1) A HISTORY OF THE AMERICA...

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125
2 Bids
760

WATSON, NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, 1903
Thomas H. Watson; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: A MANUAL ON LAYING-OFF...

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125
2 Bids
761

NINE TITLES ON NATURAL HISTORY
Nine titles on birds and other aspects of natural history, i...

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4 Bids
762

MEEHAN; FLOWERS & FERNS OF THE U.S., 1878
Thomas Meehan; THE NATIVE FLOWERS & FERNS OF THE UNITED STAT...

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7 Bids
763

WALTON, FLOWERS FROM THE UPPER ALPS, 1871
T.G. Bonney and Elijah Walton, illus.; FLOWERS FROM THE UPPE...

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7 Bids
764 Lot 764

BLOSSFELDT, URFORMEN DER KUNST
Karl Blossfeldt; UFORMEN DER KUNST (Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1936...

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14 Bids
765

TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC TITLES
Two books illustrated with photographs, each soft cover with...

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300
15 Bids
766

DRAWINGS OF LIPCHITZ, 1944, INSCRIBED
Anonymous. THE DRAWINGS OF JACQUES LIPCHITZ (New York: Valen...

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150
1 Bid
767

VERVE, NO. 3 (1938)
VERVE: REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE...NO. 3 (Paris: Teria...

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125
11 Bids
769

ASSORTED BOOKS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Assortment of about 175 titles of general interest, includin...

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4 Bids
770

ASSORTED BOOKS: CHRISTIAN RELIGION, SCIENCE,ETC.
Assortment of about 100 titles with emphasis on the Christia...

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150
1 Bid
771

THE CENTURY DICTIONARY AND CYCLOPEDIA (New York: Century, 1902), comprising ten 4to vol...

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125
1 Bid
772

RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL TOPICS
Group of about 100 titles, primarily on religious and ethica...

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5 Bids
773

TWENTIETH CENTURY SCULPTURE
Assortment of about 60 titles, including some pamphlets, lar...

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6 Bids
774

HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
Group of about 30 titles on various aspects of classical and...

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250
1 Bid
775

OLD MASTER PAINTING
Group of about 50 titles on the history of painting in Europ...

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1 Bid
776

AMERICAN ART AND MUSEUMS
Gathering of works on American paintings; together with earl...

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9 Bids
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